Ethiopia vs Pakistan: Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)

Ethiopia
-0.6158 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
in 2025
Pakistan
-0.606 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
in 2025
Ethiopia rank
154th
Pakistan rank
153rd

Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Pakistan
-1.5-1.2-1-0.75-0.5-0.25199620102025

How they compare

Pakistan currently reports -0.606 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.6158 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.0098 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Pakistan ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 154th and Pakistan ranks 153rd of 206 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 1 and Pakistan in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Pakistan Difference Ahead
1990s -1.49 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.6371 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.8563 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Pakistan
2000s -0.9707 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.6441 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.3266 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Pakistan
2010s -0.4649 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.5032 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.0383 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Ethiopia
2020s -0.6393 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.5492 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.0901 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Pakistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher government effectiveness - governance estimate, Ethiopia or Pakistan?
Pakistan, at -0.606 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.6158 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Ethiopia as of 2025.
What is the difference in government effectiveness - governance estimate between Ethiopia and Pakistan?
0.0098 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with Pakistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Pakistan?
27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
How do Ethiopia and Pakistan rank globally for government effectiveness - governance estimate?
Ethiopia ranks 154th and Pakistan ranks 153rd of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Government Effectiveness - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Unit
approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 5,392 data points, 1996–2025
Last refreshed

Government Effectiveness (GE) captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service, policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of a government’s decisions. Governance estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) standard error. The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance estimate is based. The standard error indicates the precision of the governance estimate. Larger values indicate less precise estimates. A 90% confidence interval for the governance estimate is given by the estimate +/- 1.64 times the standard error.